<![CDATA[Mohawk College Newsroom]]> https://www.mohawknewsdesk.ca/ en-us Tue, 08 Sep 2026 08:36:52 +0200 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0017 <![CDATA[Mohawk College Newsroom]]> https://content.presspage.com/clients/150_1499.png https://www.mohawknewsdesk.ca/ 144 Community invited to join students and faculty at March 7 master class and concert with Robben Ford https://www.mohawknewsdesk.ca/community-invited-to-join-students-and-faculty-at-march-7-master-class-and-concert-with-robben-ford/ https://www.mohawknewsdesk.ca/community-invited-to-join-students-and-faculty-at-march-7-master-class-and-concert-with-robben-ford/99088robben fordUPDATED: Mohawk College welcomes electric guitar great Robben Ford to Hamilton on March 7. The community is invited to join a master class that Robben is running for students in Mohawk's Music program from 10 a.m. to noon at the Fennell Campus on March 6. Robben will also perform with students and faculty later March 7 in the McIntyre Performing Arts Centre. The concert, presented by the Mohawk College Foundation and building on the tradition of fundraising shows by the Steeltown Friends of Mohawk Music, will raise money for Mohawk's Music program.

For more information visit: http://www2.mohawkcollege.ca/events/robbenford/index.html

Robben is one of the premier electric guitarists today, acclaimed for his blues playing as well as his ability to be comfortable in a variety of musical contexts. A five-time Grammy nominee, he has played with artists as diverse as Joni Mitchell, Jimmy Witherspoon, Miles Davis, George Harrison, Phil Lesh, Bonnie Raitt, Claus Ogerman, Michael McDonald, Bob Dylan, John Mayall, Greg Allman, John Scofield and many others.]]> Fri, 13 Dec 2013 13:13:25 -0500 https://content.presspage.com/clients/150_1499.png?10000 https://content.presspage.com/clients/150_1499.png?10000 Mohawk's Mike Malone wins Music Teacher of the Year (post-secondary) at the 2011 Hamilton Music Industry Awards https://www.mohawknewsdesk.ca/mohawks-mike-malone-wins-music-teacher-of-the-year-post-secondary-at-the-2011-hamilton-music-industry-awards/ https://www.mohawknewsdesk.ca/mohawks-mike-malone-wins-music-teacher-of-the-year-post-secondary-at-the-2011-hamilton-music-industry-awards/98611Mohawk College music professor Mike Malone was voted Music Teacher of the Year (post-secondar) in the 2011 Hamilton Music Industry Awards.


A trumpet player and composer/arrange, Mike has been present in the Canadian Jazz music scene since the early 1970s, and has taught in Mohawk College's Music program since the 1980s. In addition to his work at Mohawk College, Mike is a clinician for Yamaha Music Canada and conducts improvisation workshops at York University in Toronto. He has also written for and performed with Nimmons ‘N’ 9 plus 6, The Ted Moses Quintet, Dave McMurdo Jazz Orchestra, Ranee Lee, Ted’s Warren Commission, The Alex Dean Quintet, The Brass Connection II, and The Kieran Overs Nonet.


Mike received the People's Choice Award at the Hamilton Music Industry Awards Show held at Mohawk's McIntyre Theatre Saturday night. The Hamilton Music Industry Awards recognize the achievements of those behind the scenes in the Hamilton music industry. Every year the Industry Awards bring together record labels, managers, radio station personnel, producers, engineers, booking agents, talent buyers and venue managers. 

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